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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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